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PowerBroker for Windows (PBW) is designed to integrate directly into your corporate Active Directory (AD) structure without modifying your existing schema. In the asset labeled “1” below, an administrator simply loads a Group Policy Option (GPO) snap-in onto an asset that uses the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The administrator can then create policies and rules that are stored in the AD domain labeled “2”. An administrator can also access the management console (Retina CS labeled “3”) via a web interface to run reports or create additional rules based on collected events from the environment. As domain assets log on (servers, workstations, or remote clients labeled “4”) they receive policy from the domain controller that is processed by the PBWagent. This agent is installed on each device and can be distributed through a software delivery solution or even through GPO itself. This enforces privilege identity management rules on the endpoint and sends status events back to Retina CS for additional reporting, trending, and rule creation. In a traditional deployment, your organization needs to consider deploying the following three components:
  1. PBW Agents on Servers, Desktops, and Remote Clients
  2. PBW GPO Snap-In for Rules on Administrator Workstations
  3. Retina CS Management Console for Reporting and Event Management (optional).
PBW Agents are lightweight MSI installers, under 30MB, that can be pushed down to assets using everything from logon scripts to GPO. The GPO snap-ins should only be deployed where needed for policy creation. And,Retina CS (available soon for PBW) is generally a one-time server installation (software, virtual, or appliance) for management. It can also be deployed as multiple servers in atiered architecture for enterprise clients if needed. Below is an example of this approach. For more information on how to take advantage of PowerBroker for Windows and Retina CS within your environment, please click here. BeyondTrust is the thought leader for integrating privilege identity management and vulnerability assessment in a single solution.
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Morey J. Haber, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at BeyondTrust

Morey J. Haber is Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at BeyondTrust. He has more than 25 years of IT industry experience and has authored four Apress books: Privileged Attack Vectors (2 Editions), Asset Attack Vectors, and Identity Attack Vectors. In 2018, Bomgar acquired BeyondTrust and retained the BeyondTrust name. He originally joined BeyondTrust in 2012 as a part of the eEye Digital Security acquisition. Morey currently oversees BeyondTrust strategy for privileged access management and remote access solutions. In 2004, he joined eEye as Director of Security Engineering and was responsible for strategic business discussions and vulnerability management architectures in Fortune 500 clients. Prior to eEye, he was Development Manager for Computer Associates, Inc. (CA), responsible for new product beta cycles and named customer accounts. He began his career as Reliability and Maintainability Engineer for a government contractor building flight and training simulators. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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